This Art Craft official first day cover features the 13¢ Connecticut state flag stamp from the 1976 State Flags of the United States series. The cover is postmarked Washington, DC on February 23, 1976, the official first day of issue.
Issued during the U.S. Bicentennial, the State Flags series honored each of the fifty states with its own stamp. Connecticut’s flag, with its distinctive blue field and colonial coat of arms, reflects the state’s Revolutionary-era heritage and its motto “Qui Transtulit Sustinet.”
The cachet depicts the earliest Stars and Stripes flag being presented to George Washington, underscoring the connection between the original thirteen colonies and the 1976 bicentennial celebrations.
A fine addition for collectors of U.S. bicentennial issues, state flags topicals, or Art Craft cachets, this cover remains in excellent condition with a crisp strike and attractive period artwork.
